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  • Title: [A case of amylase producing lung cancer].
    Author: Kitazawa M, Nakagawa M, Baba O, Sumiyoshi K, Saito Y, Nishimura T, Bamba T, Hosoda S.
    Journal: Kokyu To Junkan; 1993 Apr; 41(4):393-6. PubMed ID: 7685922.
    Abstract:
    The patient was a 72-year-old man, who was admitted to our hospital because of cough. Chest X-rays showed a mass shadow in the right lower lung field. Amylase activities in serum and urine were extremely high. Amylase isozyme pattern identified salivary type amylase. Cytological examination of the sputum suggested adenocarcinoma. Amylase activities in serum and urine gradually decreased with the administration of chemotherapy. Afterwards, pleural effusion increased, and the amylase activity in pleural fluid was also extremely high. Pleural fluid also showed adenocarcinoma. Enzyme-labeled antibody method (PAP) on this specimen from pleural fluid proved that tumor cells were producing amylase ectopically.
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